Ontario, Quebec hit another winter wall

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A winter blizzard landed on Sunday in Ontario and Quebec, and the neighboring provinces were blowing heavy snowfall and wind for the second time in four days.

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In Quebec, the snow fell on Saturday evening and intensified early Sunday morning. Montreal and Quebec City were expected to receive a 30 to 50 centimeters of snow, and the areas in the east were 70 cm.

Environmental Canada on Saturday issued a Winter Storm alert across South Ontario and Quebec.

“The situation in southern Ontario has declined, so at least there is some relief to those regions,” said Jean-Philip’s beginning, environmental and climate change Canada. “But the Greater Toronto area fell about 25 centimeters or 25 to 30 centimeters.”

Similar conditions were felt in the southeastern Ontario, 30 cm in the Ottawa area.

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After Sunday, the environment issued a snowstorm alert due to a low choice across the St. Lawrence River between Montreal and Quebec to the southern-central part of Canada.

It is difficult to monitor how much it has already fallen in the late Sunday, but the St. Lawrence River is expected to be 30 to 50 cm in the Valley.

“This is a very special storm. We are not often seen in those types of storms, which is a dangerous storm,” the stick said. “Such storms have occurred in the past larger or extended road closures.”

The storm on Sunday was the second winter strike, which was blowing through the provinces from Thursday, which brought 20 to 40 cm of snow or more depending on the region.

He said the traffic Quebec urged to be alert and avoid an essential journey, and that the weather would disrupt traffic on Monday.

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In Ontario, the province is also among those in the country in the country that marks the Family Day on Monday.

A spokesman for Montreal urged the drivers to stay away from the roads, and asked the people to stay at home on Monday because the roads would be difficult in the morning.

“If you do not need your balance in the office, it will be easy if you can Delive, because when we wake up (Monday), you will have to work a lot more.

“It’s not even easy to get around. So we’re at home.”

The city started an operation on Friday to release a street worth about 1,000 kilometers ahead of the storm on Sunday and the crew focused on wiping the road network. Saborin warned that it would take some time to take all the snow.

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On Sunday, with a large number of accidents in Ontario and Quebec, the conditions of hazardous trips in some areas have deteriorated rapidly. In Quebec, the provincial police said that the provincial police collided with a highway on the highway 20 near Montreal, about 90 kilometers in the northeast. Twenty vehicles, including traffic trucks, were involved, but no injuries were caused.

The flights were canceled or delayed at the Toronto Pearson International Airport and the Montreal-Trudo International Airport, officials warned that passengers had to check their flight before heading to the airport.

Strong winds and snow were expected to move to some parts of the maritime provinces to the east, and some areas were expected to last until Monday.

The Central and North New Brunswick was expected to get more than 35 cm of snow, and the frost rain warning was in the Nova Scotia.

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